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The finicky plants are threatened by habitat loss and climate change, but as the Missouri Botanical Garden works to conserve them, scientists are learning the difficulties of growing native orchids in a lab.
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In Missouri, agriculture, urban development and man-made flood control measures have replaced 87% of the state’s original wetlands.
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50 years after the Endangered Species Act was passed, scientists at Missouri Botanical Gardens look forward to the next decade and beyond.
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The Sumatran orangutan newborn will boost the population of the critically endangered species.
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The Eastern hellbender was raised at the St. Louis Zoo and released into the Gasconade River. Five years later, researchers found him guarding 86 eggs in the same place.
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Monarch butterflies travel hundreds and even thousands of miles in their migration to Mexico. Volunteer efforts to tag the butterflies have helped scientists learn more about their journey.
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Longtime former co-host Marlin Perkins was director of the St. Louis Zoo for eight years. Perkins also co-founded the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo.
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Western Illinois landowners and farmers are needed for a survey about the challenges they face on their land. The Illinois Extension’s survey will turn the feedback from landowners in Adams, Pike, Brown, Hancock and Schuyler counties into educational programming and resources to help them.
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Great Rivers Greenway’s Dallas Adams talks about Greenway Quest, an all-ages scavenger hunt for painted bee rocks hidden along St. Louis region greenways, and how the event activates ongoing greenway efforts.
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One of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s corpse flowers named Octavia is expected to bloom this week. Its yet-unnamed clone will likely bloom next week.